By Gini Rainey
The third book in her Morgan’s Grove series, Traci Borum absolutely hits another home run with a story about small town life and romance. Although the residents in this small Texas town, just a hop, skip, and jump from Austin, have either a historical or familial connection, each her novels can be a stand-alone read.
Centering on the life and times of Lexi Price, we are introduced, not only to the busy-ness of her successful small-town antique shop, but also to the intrigue of the World War II romance of her great-grandmother. Not unlike other romance stories, Keeper of My Heart touches on the pain of failed
While exploring the history of a beautiful pendant that had belonged to her great-grandmother, Lexi is led to ask for the research help of Graham Faulkner, a University of Texas history professor. While searching the attic of Gigi’s home, she and Graham find a packet of ribbon-tied letters from her love that Gigi had tucked away. This not only helped Lexi to learn of Gigi’s love for a fallen hero, but also helped her open her own heart to a new relationship.
In the course of this story we also meet Graham’s sister, Shelley, who resides in an assisted-living home. While Shelley is a minor character, the love and acceptance of her specialness is not lost on the reader and adds a certain depth of reality to this book, and I thank Ms. Borum for that.
I found it interesting that while focusing on life in Morgan’s Grove, Borum also made a neat connection to the Cotswolds, the region in England which is the setting of another of her series. If you’ve not explored the writings of Traci Borum, I encourage you to do so now. And although this review is about Keeper of My Heart, I have read all of her other books and have come away mighty glad that I did. I think you will too.
5 of 5
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